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Directions And Observations Relative To Food.
DIRECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO FOOD .
THE following Directions and Observations were drawn up a few years ago for the use of " a person in an extremely weak state of health . A strict regard to them was followed by very salutary consequences to that person ; it is therefore apprehended , that an attention to them will be beneficial to-. others . :, <¦ ' ' . ' ¦ A person of a moist habit oughtfor the most partto eat things of
, , a dry nature . A person of a dry habit ought , for the most part , to eat things of . a moist nature . A person of a disposition to grow-fat ought , for the -most part , to eat things of a lean nature . A person of a disposition to grow lean ought , for the most part , to eat
things of a fat nature . A person of a cold habit ought to eat and drink things of a warmer nature , than would be proper for a person of warm habit . Every thing which is eaten ought to be well chewed ; because it is thereby reduced into smaller parts , and a greater quantity of saliva is mixed therewith ; and consequently the first concoction is rendered more easy .
Ii one thing of a fat nature and another of a lean nature are to be eaten at-the same meal , the former ought to be first eaten : because the fumes , which frequently arise in the concoction thereof , are not so likely to arise , when that is deposited at the bottom of the stomach , and the thing of a lean nature upon it ; as if the latter had been deposited at the bottom of the stomach , and the thing of a fat nature thereupon .
It is wholesome to drink often at meals , and but little at a time- ; because that which is eaten is thereb y more intimately mixed with that which is drunk , and consequently the first concoction is rendered snore easy . It is not wholesome to drink any strong liquor before the eating part of a meal is finished : in as much as nothing does so much conduce to the perfection of the first concoction , as that what is eaten should to a certain degree be mixed with small liquor , before any strong liquor is drunk .
Strong liquor ought to be drunk with some freedom b y persons in years , after the eating part of a meal is finished ; because , as the natural heat is iu them become faint , the warmth thereof is necessary to the perfection of the first concoction : but the drinking , of too much strong liquor , even by old men , is unwholesome ; for , by stimulating the stomach too-sharply , it does frequently occasion a discharge of the meal before it is perfectly concocted . Young persons , to whom the warmth of strong liquor is not necessary to the perfection of the first concoction , the natural heat being Mm 2
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Directions And Observations Relative To Food.
DIRECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO FOOD .
THE following Directions and Observations were drawn up a few years ago for the use of " a person in an extremely weak state of health . A strict regard to them was followed by very salutary consequences to that person ; it is therefore apprehended , that an attention to them will be beneficial to-. others . :, <¦ ' ' . ' ¦ A person of a moist habit oughtfor the most partto eat things of
, , a dry nature . A person of a dry habit ought , for the most part , to eat things of . a moist nature . A person of a disposition to grow-fat ought , for the -most part , to eat things of a lean nature . A person of a disposition to grow lean ought , for the most part , to eat
things of a fat nature . A person of a cold habit ought to eat and drink things of a warmer nature , than would be proper for a person of warm habit . Every thing which is eaten ought to be well chewed ; because it is thereby reduced into smaller parts , and a greater quantity of saliva is mixed therewith ; and consequently the first concoction is rendered more easy .
Ii one thing of a fat nature and another of a lean nature are to be eaten at-the same meal , the former ought to be first eaten : because the fumes , which frequently arise in the concoction thereof , are not so likely to arise , when that is deposited at the bottom of the stomach , and the thing of a lean nature upon it ; as if the latter had been deposited at the bottom of the stomach , and the thing of a fat nature thereupon .
It is wholesome to drink often at meals , and but little at a time- ; because that which is eaten is thereb y more intimately mixed with that which is drunk , and consequently the first concoction is rendered snore easy . It is not wholesome to drink any strong liquor before the eating part of a meal is finished : in as much as nothing does so much conduce to the perfection of the first concoction , as that what is eaten should to a certain degree be mixed with small liquor , before any strong liquor is drunk .
Strong liquor ought to be drunk with some freedom b y persons in years , after the eating part of a meal is finished ; because , as the natural heat is iu them become faint , the warmth thereof is necessary to the perfection of the first concoction : but the drinking , of too much strong liquor , even by old men , is unwholesome ; for , by stimulating the stomach too-sharply , it does frequently occasion a discharge of the meal before it is perfectly concocted . Young persons , to whom the warmth of strong liquor is not necessary to the perfection of the first concoction , the natural heat being Mm 2